During the administration of G.W. Bush I recall seeing every day on the front page of newspapers and home pages on the internet the day's tally of U.S. soldiers who had been killed in Iraq along with the total so far to date.

OK, now the USA has moved on to Afghanistan under the leadership of Barak Obama and these figures are buried and/or given little significance in the papers or online. But the death toll is climbing ever so slowly just like in Iraq.

The argument in Iraq was that those brave young soldiers deserved recognition so I guess now soldiers dying in Afghanistan aren't as deserving.Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

No, it's more like news bias. Anything to tear down a Republican, anything to help a Democrat. Our military always deserves far more than we give them but when politics is involved, they often suffer both in funding and recognition.

Get a lefty and a righty watching the same news story and both will claim it was biased against their point of view.

Did you ever consider that the companies that run the media are involved with the companies that are making all the money from this war. If the casualty figures were published, public pressure could force a withdrawal from Afghanistan and their profits would drop.

It's a point to consider.

T.A.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the largest media organisation is News Limited and one could hardly accuse them of being left wing. Yet they don't publish the casualty figures either. Funnily enough the only US news broadcaster that I saw seriously recognise the fallen was that bastion of the far right, PBS.

Get a lefty and a righty watching the same news story and both will claim it was biased against their point of view.

Did you ever consider that the companies that run the media are involved with the companies that are making all the money from this war. If the casualty figures were published, public pressure could force a withdrawal from Afghanistan and their profits would drop.

It's a point to consider.

T.A.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the largest media organisation is News Limited and one could hardly accuse them of being left wing. Yet they don't publish the casualty figures either. Funnily enough the only US news broadcaster that I saw seriously recognise the fallen was that bastion of the far right, PBS.

But your explanation doesn't jive with the reporting that went on for eight years while GW was PresidentBob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

I think the interesting stats are the dramatic decrease in deaths starting in 2008. Not exactly sure what happened, new equipment, change of tactics or some unknown factor(no sarcasm here) that cut US deaths in 1/2 from 2007 to 2008 and the death rate has been steady at just over 1 a day for the last 3 years. I think this is a dramatic change from previous years and also why we just don't see that much on casualties because there are just that many fewer to reportIn a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope